Two Scouts

1887

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows two men on horseback in military uniforms. They are sitting upright on their horses in an outdoor setting surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky. The man on the right has a mustache and wears a hat, while the other man also wears a hat. They are both dressed in gray jackets, knee-length boots, and the man on the right has a red scarf around his neck. They are both holding the reins of their horses. The ground is earthy with foliage.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James J. Higginson, New York, 1887; Dorothy Higginson Weekes (Mrs. Arthur D. Weekes), Oyster Bay, New York, his daughter, by 1941; James Higginson Weekes, Oyster Bay, New York, and Kilbridge, Ireland, her son, by 1953; (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, 15 June 1977, sale 209, no. 791); Nancy Voorhees, Woodbridge, VA; gift to NGA 1992.

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Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 59.

1996

  • Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, pp. 138-139, repro.

1997

  • Winslow Homer and the Civil War: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1397, p. 462-463

Inscriptions

lower left in black watercolor: Winslow Homer NA.

Wikidata ID

Q64640144

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